Mirror subscription

Peter

Anybody know if the 2nd mirror subscription is available yet or is it not going to launch until Sky+ launches. Also, can you just the subscription or do they make you buy a second box and installation as well when subscribing.

regards,
Peter

If I understand your question correctly...
The mirror sub is not available yet afaik.

You won't be forced to buy a new digibox or pay instalation fee's, if the mirror sub is for the second digibox, you already have.

If you don't already have one you can get it independently via e-bay or a retailer,Unless you can do a diy, you will have to pay somebody for an instalation.
And it's going to be much more than €15 as you will need at least a new dual lnb,a run of cable and the persons time.
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ShaneOC

There were at least two ads on Sky One last night for the mirror subscription. Both of the showed prices in €, one of them called out the Irish number, the other called out the UK number but I think it showed the Irish number in the small print.

JDxtra

Yep, I seen those as well. If it is not available then I would kick up a huge fuss with them about false advertising.

Peter

Thanks for the reply's guys.
I phoned them up today and they said it wouldn't be available until around the end of June.

I got hold of a second hand box and got it repaired so I didn't really want to be forced into buying another one and having it installed, especially as it's actually my next door neighbour who subscribes to Sky and not me. I just ran a phoneline from his house to mine and now I'll get a €60/month package for just €20 although it's hardly even worth that IMO.

Peter

I phoned up earlier today for the 2nd card and the guy told me that I would have to buy a box and get it installed if I wanted the 2nd subscription even though I already have a spare box.

He did seem a bit unsure about this though and I'm wondering if it is really true as nowhere in the Terms and Conditions does it say that you must buy a box from Sky in order to get the mirror subscription, and others on here who got Sky+ didn't have to buy the box. Anybody else here forced to buy another box?

Chances are you would have got ten randomly different answers with ten calls.
If you get a reply like that again, just ask for the supervisor as you believe that they are wrong
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p.s I would be charging you €40 per month for that €60 package if I was your neighbour, reducing mine by 20 also!:D

byte

Originally posted by Man

p.s I would be charging you €40 per month for that €60 package if I was your neighbour, reducing mine by 20 also!:D

Yeah, I'd do the same! Then both of you pay the same amount. And €40 wouldn't be too bad for Sky World!

Peter

@man

You're right. I phoned up again a while after that and this time the girl that answered was alot more helpful but still couldn't send me a card. She contacted someone in another department who said there was some sort of problem with the system where it wouldn't allow another card to be sent out because I hadn't got the second box direct from Sky. It was probably a load of sh*t but she seemed to make a note in her diary and promised to call back on Tuesday so hopefully it will be sorted then.
Perhaps I should threaten to cancel Sky altogether if they dont send me a card, the last time I did that I got the entire of the old Sky analog package for £5.99 a month for an entire year.